House of Councillors (Morocco)

The House of Councillors (Arabic: مجلس المستشارين‎ [maʒlis al-mustaʃaːriːn]; Berber languages: ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵏⵙⴼⴰⵡⵏ, romanized: Asqqim n Insfawn; French: Chambre des conseillers) is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 120 members, elected for a six-year term. 72 members are elected at the Kingdom's regional level, who represent the subnational administrative areas (collectivitiés territoriales); 20 members are elected in each region by a single electoral college made up of all those in the relevant region that have been elected to the following professional associations: the agriculture associations, the commerce, industry and services associations, the arts and crafts associations and the marine fisheries associations; 8 members are elected in each region by an electoral college made up of those elected from the most representative employers' professional organizations; 20 members elected nationally by an electoral college made up of employees.[2]

This article is about Morocco. For Japan, see House of Councillors. For Tunisia, see Chamber of Advisors. For South Korea, see House of Councillors (South Korea).
House of Councillors

مجلس المستشارين
ⴰⵙⵇⵇⵉⵎ ⵏ ⵉⵏⵙⴼⴰⵡⵏ
Chambre des conseillers
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors
Hakim Benchamach, PAM
since 13 October 2015[1]
Structure
Seats120
Political groups
  •   PI (24)
  •   PAM (23)
  •   PJD (12)
  •   MP (10)
  •   RNI (8)
  •   UMT (6)
  •   USFP (5)
  •   CDT (4)
  •   UNMT (4)
  •   UGTM (3)
  •   UC (3)
  •   MDS (3)
  •   PPS (2)
  •   Democratic Al Ahd Party (1)
  •   PRD (1)
  •   FDT (1)
  •   ODT (1)
  •   SND (1)
  •   Independent (8)
Elections
Indirect election
Last election
2 October 2015
Meeting place
Rabat, Morocco
Website
www.chambredesconseillers.ma/en
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The 2011 Constitution of Morocco retained this second chamber, but reduced its term of office from 9 to 6 years and its size to 120 seats.[2]

See also

References
  1. "14/10/2015: HM the King Congratulates Abdelhakim Benchamach On Election As Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  2. "Majlis al-Mustacharin (House of Councillors)". IPU.


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